Neils Christensen has a diploma in journalism from Lethbridge College and has more than a decade of reporting experience working for news organizations throughout Canada. His experiences include covering territorial and federal politics in Nunavut, Canada.
Investment firms Battery Ventures and Silver Lake are exploring a sale of Clubessential Holdings, which they hope will value the club-management-software provider at close to $3 billion, according to people familiar with the matter.
While it's hard to find stocks that offer “pure play” exposure to silver, BofA Securities analyst Michael Widmer recommended on Wednesday a couple that investors could buy to ride the continued rally in the precious metal.
Jeremy Szafron joins Kitco News as an anchor and producer from Kitco's Vancouver bureau. Jeremy is a seasoned journalist with a diverse background covering entertainment, current affairs and finance.
Silver initially outperformed gold in a recent trend, but is now experiencing short-term weakness. It broke out of its $17 to $30 consolidation range, moving above $30 on May 17 and jumping over 6% to $32 the next day.
A plunge in China's new housing construction is fuelling hopes the battered property sector is finally coming to terms with chronic oversupply, but a clean-up of bad assets is the missing policy piece that keeps Japan-like stagnation fears alive.
David Erfle stumbled upon the mining space in 2003 as he was looking to invest into a growing sector of the market. After researching the gains made from the 2001 bottom in the tiny gold and silver complex, he became fascinated with this niche market.
(Kitco News) - The silver market is holding initial support over $31 an ounce, and according to one major bank, the precious metal has room to move higher as momentum picks up.
(Kitco News) - It's silver's time to shine as hedge funds protect themselves against higher inflation caused by a broad-based rise in commodity prices, according to some commodity analysts, after reviewing the latest data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
Silver (SILVER) remains in focus on Monday after the metal climbed to an 11-year high above the closely watched psychological $30 mark, benefiting from its safe-haven characteristics, softness in the U.S. dollar, and utility as an industrial application.
The setup in silver looks explosive and prices could rip above $30.00.
(Kitco News) - After a relatively slow start in the first quarter, silver is making its move, significantly outpacing gold as it trades at an 11-year high.